August 16, 2014
Rolando Cepeda is the MVP of the IX Men’s Pan Am Cup

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 16, 2014 - Cuban captain Rolando Cepeda captured the MVP honors at IX Men’s Pan American Cup, while his fellow patriot Javier Jimenez finished as Best Spiker. Argentina had representation with two players like Rodrigo Villalba as Best Defense and Franco Lopez as Best Libero. Puerto Rican Mannix Roman was the Best Blocker of the competition as well as Cuban David Fiel. The Best Setter was Robert Boldog of USA, while the Best Reception was awarded by Jose Rivera of Puerto Rico. Venezuelan Kervin Pinerua was the Best Server and Dominican Jose Cáceres was recognized as Best Opposit. The top scorer of the Tournament was Puerto Rican Maurice Torres, with 102 points. Torres scored 84 points by spike, 8 by block and had 10 aces. More  Español

August 16, 2014
Norceca makes history with five teams classified to FIVB World League

For the first time in history a total of five teams of the Norceca Volleyball Confederation are part of the FIVB World League. The United States, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada will play at this competition in the year 2015, after their results in the final ranking of the IX Men’s Pan American Cup. USA and Cuba used to be the only representatives at the FIVB highest yearly event. Now there is a champion that advances to the First Group, while the rest of the best classified teams, will be alocated in Groups II and III. The world league has increased the expectations around the different regions. The Americas are divided in two Confederations Norceca and the South.  More  Español

August 16, 2014
Cuba returns to the Top of the Americas

TIJUANA, México, August 16, 2014.- Cuba returned to the top of continental volleyball after beating the United States in three sets at the IX Men’s Pan American Cup finals. Scores were 25-16, 25-23 and 25-23. Captain Rolando Cepeda finished with 20 points. On the American side, Taylor Averill and Taylor Crabb finished with 9 apiece. Cuba also converted 9 key points in blocking game against 7 by USA. Captain Zachary La Cavera scored 8 points as well as Scott Kevorken. “We are so glad for this result. We really worked hard on getting this result. Fos us it was a product of team work and a big effort in all aspects. We return with the gold medal and prepare hard for the next thing.  More  Español

August 16, 2014
Argentina claims Bronze Medal at Men’s Pan Am Cup

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 16 2014.- Argentina claimed the Bronze Medal at IX Men’s Pan Am Cup after beating Puerto Rico in five sets. The scores were 25-21, 25-23, 20-25, 24-26 and 18-16. Maurice Torres scored 32 points for Puerto Rico, joining to the 30’s club in the history of the Cup.  He also aced three times. Jackson Rivera scored 15 and Mannix Roman 14, while Jose Rivera finished with 10.  More  Español

August 16, 2014
Venezuela finishes in fifth place after beating Mexico

TIJUANA, México, August 16, 2014.- Venezuela finished in fifth place IX Men’s Pan American Cup after beating Mexico in four sets (22-25, 25-20, 25-15, 25-23). Captain Kervin Pinerua finished as top scorer with a total of 19 points, with two aces. Maximo Montoya scored 13, two in aces, while Jesus Chourio closed with 11, all of them for Venezuela. For Mexico, Carlos Guerra converted 13 points and Daniel Vargas 9. “We finished with a victory and a spot in the World League and We will go to Qatar to continue with our preparation for the World Championship in Poland”, Venezuelan captain Kervin Pinerua expressed. More  Español

August 15, 2014
USA advances to IX Men’s Pan Am Cup Final

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 15, 2014.- Zachary La Cavera, captain of United States scored 25 points in the victory of the American Team over Puerto Rico in straight sets (28-26, 25-22 y 26-24). Taylor Crabb also contributed with 12 points, while Puerto Rican attack was distributed among Maurice Torres (13), captain Héctor “Picky” Soto and  Ezequiel Cruz, with 10 points apiece. American blocking game finished 9-6 in points over Puerto Rico. Also a 3-2 aces advantage was in favor of the team coached by Charles Sullivan against David Aleman’s squad. “We were winning 23-18 in the first set. They made a rally and came back to take that set, it could be on any side. We wanted to go to the final, but hope to get the bronze against Argentina,” David Aleman, coach of Puerto Rico stated.  More  Español

August 15, 2014
Cuba becomes first finalist at Men’s Pan Am Cup

TIJUANA, Baja California, August 15, 2014.- Cuba became the first finalist at IX Men’s Pan American Cup after defeating Argentina 3-2 (25-22, 25-18, 19-25, 23-25, 15-13). Javier Jiménez Scull and Rolando Cepeda combined  a total offense of 49 points, with 23 and 26 units respectively, while David Fiel closed with 11 points on the Cuban side. Argentina fought hard until the end with Pablo Koukartsev as the South American’s best weapon by recordin 15 points. Rodrigo Villalba followed him with 15, and Lucinao Zornetta scored 13. Cuban coach, Rodolfo Sánchez. More  Español

August 15, 2014
Canada finishes in seventh place at Mens Pan Am Cup

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 15, 2014.- Canada closed with a win his participation at IX Men’s Pan Am Cup with a comeback in fourth and fifth sets, by beating Dominican Republic 3-2 (25-21, 22-25, 22-25, 25-16, 15-13). Jose Caceres made a total of 22 units for the Caribbean team finishing as leader. He was followed by Elvis Contreras who tallied 16 points while Luis Adames scored 12. On the Canadian side, Bradley Gunter, Nicholas Del Bianco, Dallas Soonias and captain Toontje Van Lankvelt were the best weapons. Gunter and Van Lankvelt registered 13 points, while Del Bianco and Soonias recorded 12 apiece. More  Español

August 14, 2014
Semifinals are already set for IX Men’s Pan Am Cup

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 14, 2014.- The semifinals at IX Men’s Pan Am Cup are already defined after the four setter win of Puerto Rico over Mexico 27-25, 25-23, 23-25 and 25-16. Mexico woke up in the third set. However the Puerto Ricans showed a more solid attitude and performance. Maurice Torres finished with 22 points  and Mannix Roman scored 12. Samuel Córdova was the top scorer for Mexico, with 13. Carlos Guerra scored 9, while Pedro Rangel and Tomas Aguilera finished with 8 apiece. Argentina will match Cuba, while Puerto Rico will match USA, and Dominican Republic will open the action by playing against Canada on Friday for seventh and eighth places.More  Español

August 14, 2014
Cuba clinches a berth in the semis after beating Venezuela

TIJUANA, México, August 14, 2014.- Cuba beat Venezuela and advanced to the semifinals after a five setter victory (23-25, 25-20, 25-26, 29-31, 15-6). Javier Jimenez Scull, Rolando Cepeda and Osmani Uriarte, finished as top scorers for Cuba, as well as David Fiel and Isbel Mesa. Jiménez tallied 20 points, while Cepeda closed with 18. Fiel registered 15 and I Mesa 11. For Venezuela, Kervin Pinerua leaded the attack with 23 points and also served four aces. Jesus Chourio closed  12 and a couple of aces, while Hector Salerno closed with 11. Venezuela missed a service in the last set, while Cuba adjusted the blocking strategy.  More  Español

August 14, 2014
Dominican Republic earns first triumph at Men’s Pan Am Cup

TIJUANA, México, August 14, 2014.- Dominican Republic  earned its first victory at IX Men’s Pan Am Cup after beating Colombia in four sets 25-21, 27-25, 25-20 and 25-21. Jose Cáceres was the best scorer with 26 points, while Germán Recio finished with 16. Dominican captain Wilfrido Hernández Encarnación scored 11. On the Colombian side, Alexander Moreno registered 18 points, while Sergio Gaitán tallied 14, and Andrés Piza 11. “It was a very even game, and it could turn on any side. We had some point errors in the sets we lost after scoring 20,” said Colombia’s coach Martin Moine. “It is obvious that you can finish sad with a result like this. More  Español

August 13, 2014
USA gets in to the Semis at IX Men’s Pan Am Cup

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 13 2014 - The United states advanced to semifinals at IX Men’s Pan Am Cup after beating host Mexico in straight sets (31-29, 25-23 and 25-23). Taylor Crabb was the leader of American offense with a total of 17 points, followed by Taylor Averill with 14, while captain Zachary La Cavera finished with 13. Mexico could not achieve the temporary win in the first set after missing some key points that at least could force a four sets match. Daniel Vargas finished as top scorer with 15 points for the host team, while Carlos Guerra closed with 10 units and Samuel Cordova with 8. “I thought this match was a solid team effort. More  Español

August 13, 2014
Argentina edges Canada in five sets and goes on top of Pool C

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 13 2014 - In a long five setter battle, Argentina edged Canada 25-18, 21-25, 25-22, 23-25 y 19-17 at IX Men’s Pan American Cup. The team coached by Hernan Ferraro finished atop of Pool C and was waiting for a rival on the second round. Pablo Koukartsev was the leader on the Argentinean side with 19 points, followed by Rodrigo Villalba with 18 and Facundo Imhoff with 15, while Gonzalo Quiroga scored 10. For Canada Dallas Soonias closed with 27 puntos, Toontje Van Lankvett with 16, Graham Vigrass with 13 and Jason DeRocco with 10. “We need to close matches, because we struggled a little bit during this one. More  Español

August 13, 2014
Cuba closes Pool Round with a 2-0 record at IX Men’s Pan American Cup

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 13, 2014 –Cuba qualified to the second round at IX Men’s Pan American Cup after a three setter victory over Dominican Republic by scores of 25-19, 25-19 and 25-23. The Cuban team is now 2-0 and finished atop in Pool B.The third set was very tight after the Dominicans tried to get back with a good solid performance by José Cáceres and Elvis Contreras. Caceres finished with 20 points to be the top scorer of the match, while Contreras closed with 9. On te Cuban side, captain Rolando Cepeda closed with 16 points, followed by Osmany Uriarte, with 12 and Javier Jiménez Scull with 10. Cuban block and service were a big key to achieve the win.  More  Español

August 12, 2014
USA clinches first win at Men’s Pan Am Cup 

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 12, 2014.-  Americans clinched their first victory by beating Colombia in a three setter match (25-18, 25-23, 25-15) with captain Zachary LaCavera as their top scorer with 15 points in the third match of Day 2 in Pool A. Crabb Taylor and Averill Taylor also contributed with 9 points apiece for United States.Alexander Moreno was the best scorer for Colombia with 11 tallies. Colombia gave 28 points by mistakes, despite a very good second set that finished 23-25. Zachary La Cavera showed enthusiasm for opening  the tournament with a win. “It  was really good, I mean sort of that pretty well and we ran mid range second game was kind of sloppy but we switched up very well. More  Español

August 12, 2014
Argentina wins over Venezuela in the highest scoring set in history of Men’s Pan Am Cup

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 12, 2014 – Argentina and Venezuela established a new combined points’ record in a set at Men’s Pan American Cup, after scoring a total of 68 units in the second one. The victory was for the Argentinean team in straight sets (25-20, 35-33, and 25-23). The previous mark was of 64 combined points, when Puerto Rico defeated Mexico 33-31 (first set) on June 16 2009 during the Preliminary Round of the Fourth Edition of the Pan American Cup, celebrated in Chiapas, Mexico. Pablo Koukartsev finished as top scorer of the match with a total of 15 points, while Rodrigo Villalba and Cristian Poglajen scored 11 apiece. More  Español

August 12, 2014
Cruz, Torres and Sierra contribute to first Puerto Rican victory at Pan Am Cup

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 12, 2014.- Puerto Rico granted its first victory at IX Men’s Pan Am Cup after a 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 28-26) win over Dominican Republic in Pool B. Ezequiel Cruz, Maurice Torres and Pedrito Sierra combined a total of 33 points by scoring 11 apiece for the Puerto Rican Team, while Mannix Roman finished with 10, six of them by blocking. Jose Miguel Caceres was the top scorer for Dominican Republic with 16 tallies, including 2 aces.  More  Español

August 12, 2014
Rest day was a hard-working one for Mexico

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 12, 2014 – Mexican Coach Sergio Hernandez made sure his players didn’t stay on cloud nine following their straight-set victory over Colombia in the first outing of the home side in the Men’s Pan American Cup. It was a rest day for Mexico on Tuesday in the Men’s Pan American Cup but the players were not resting on the laurels achieved the previous night and were back in the gym to continue working under the leadership of Hernandez and his staff. The Mexican squad was the first one in the training sessions scheduled on Tuesday at the Multi-Sport Complex at the Baja California High Performance, the official competition venue for the nine-team competition.  More  Español

August 11, 2014
Mexico make its debut in straight sets win over Colombia

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 11, 2014 — México came from behind in the thir set to win 25-20, 25-20 and 26-24 against Colombia. Daniel Vargas was the top scorer for Mexico with a total of 13 points, while Carlos Guerra, Samuel Cordova and Tomas Aguilera finished with 10 apiece. Mexico got into the High Performance Court with two of its legendary international players Carlos Guerra and Gustavo Meyer. The locals dominated in the first two sets, until Colombia recovered and achieved a six points advantage in the third, guided by their captain Alexander Moreno, who closed with who finished with a total of 12 units and Andres Piza closed.  More  Español

August 11, 2014
Tijuana welcomes the best volleyball of the Americas

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 11 2014 — With a colorful ceremony and the notes of Mexican Music, the IX Men’s Pan Am Cup was officially inaugurated at the Baja California High Performance Center. Competition Director and Baja California Sports and Physical Culture Director, Saul Castro Verdugo made the oficial opening declaration while Norceca President and FIVB First Executive Vice President Cristobal Marte Hoffiz addressed a message to fans and special guests. “This is our most important event in the whole continent, with five spots available for our confederation and two for South America. We are so glad to be back here with the people. More  Español

August 11, 2014
Cuba beat Puerto Rico in a five setter Caribbean battle

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 11 2014 – Cuba beat Puerto Rico in a long epic battle of the Caribbean that was decided in five sets with a victory for the Cuban squad 18-25, 26-24, 25-20, 21-25 and 15-12. Maurice Torres was the scoring leader for Puerto Rico, with 24 points, included 2 aces, while Hector Soto closed with 11. On the Cuban side, captain Rolando Cepeda finished with 22 points, two of them by service and Javier Jimenez Scull closed with 17. “We served very well, kept pressure and put them in trouble. However we couldn’t defend and couldn’t block, so that’s why we lost the match”, Soto said. “It was our first match. We made many mistakes and lost a lot of of concentration in the first set and that’s why we finished 3-2. More  Español

August 11, 2014
Venezuela opens with a victory over Canada in Men’s Pan Am Cup

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 11, 2014 – Venezuela defeated Canada 3-1 (25-20, 25-17,21-25, 30-28) in the opening match of the IX Men’s Pan American Cup at the Baja California High Performance Center. Venezuela surprised with a good defensive blocking strategy that allowed them to score in second chances and they dominated the second set. Kervin Pinerua scored 28 points for Venezuela, followed by Freddy Cedeno with 15, while Jesus Chourio finished with 12. On the Canadian side, Jason De Rocco and Dallas Soonias scored 17 apiece. More  Español

August 10, 2014
High Expectations for IX Men’s Pan Am Cup

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 10, 2014.- Head coaches of the competing teams at IX Men's Pan Am Cup remarked the high expectations as they wait for the beginning of the tournament at the Baja California High Performance Center. Matches start on Monday. Previously during last weekend the preliminary inquiries took part at the High Performance Center Meeting Room and also oficial training sessions started at the Multipurpose Gym. Meanwhile, the General Technical was developed at Grand Hotel Tijuana with the attendance of Team Managers, Coaches, Control Committee.  More  Español

August 9, 2014

Control Committee arrives in Baja California for IX Men’s Pan Am Cup

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 9 2014.- The Control Committee of the IX Men’s Pan American Cup arrived in Baja California to start with the works previous to the tournament that begins on monday. As head of the Control Committee, Norceca Confederation President and FIVB First Excecutive Vice President, Cristobal Marte Hoffiz.  More  Español

August 8, 2014

Colombia Arrives in Tijuana for IX Men’s Pan Am Cup

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 8 2014.- The National team of Colombia arrived in Baja California on Friday to play at the IX Men’s Pan American Cup. More  Español

August 8, 2014

Dominicans accomplish second day of training camp in Baja

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 8, 2014 - Dominican Republic accomplished its second day of training sessions at the Baja California High Performance Center as they prepare. More  Español

August 8, 2014

Mexico and Venezuela hold a successful training camp at Mexican Olympic Sport Center 

MEXICO CITY, Mexico, August 8 2014.- Mexico and Venezuela held a successful minicamp at the Mexican Olympic Sports. More  Español

August 5, 2014
Men’s Pan American Cup announced in Tijuana

TIJUANA, Mexico, August 5, 2014 - The IX Men’s Pan American Cup was officially announced in a press conference held at the Baja California High Performance Center on Tuesday. A total of nine teams will participates in the tournament which is also a qualifier to the 2015 FIVB World League. Countries confirmed are Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, The United States of America, Venezuela, and host Mexico. Leading the local organizing committee, Baja California Sports Institute High Performance Director, Cesar Osuna Brambila welcomed the media representatives to the multipurpose gym where matches will be played starting on Monday, August 11. More  Español

July 3, 2014

Organizers give final touches to Men’s Pan Am Cup in Tijuana

TIJUANA, Mexico, July 3, 2014 - The Local Organizing Committee of the IX Men’s Pan American Cup held a coordination meeting to set the tournament details. The Cup will be played from August 9 to 17 at the Baja California High Performance Center in Tijuana. The Baja California Sports and Physical Culture Institute will be in charge of the event that is getting closer to celebrate its first decade of life after being born in this region of Mexico. Former Olympic Player and High Performance Director of the Baja California Institute, Cesar Osuna Brambila presented the proposals. More  Español

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